Meloni participates in the inaugural dinner of Milan Fashion Week

The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, took part in the inaugural dinner of Fashion Week in Milan on Wednesday evening organized at Palazzo Reale by the Municipality of Milan and the National Chamber of Italian Fashion.

"I thought that this year it was particularly right, in a moment that is not very easy for a sector which however continues to give us great results, to also give a signal of presence and closeness", he explained.

A "physical" signal - continued Meloni, dressed by Ermanno Scevrino - not only with the measures, not only with the resources", such as "the 100 million for investments, to encourage investments. The last of many things we are doing, but also being physically present I think is a nice way of saying thanks to the sector for what it does, for our economy, for our strength, for our representation in the world and also to say that the government is there".

Ten years have passed since the last time a prime minister participated in fashion week: in 2016 Matteo Renzi was a guest at a dinner at Palazzo Reale. Welcoming the prime minister, in a black tuxedo and white shirt, were the mayor of Milan Beppe Sala, the prefect Claudio Sgaraglia and the president of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Carlo Capasa, together with all the big names in the sector.

At President Meloni's table, in addition to the prefect of Milan Sgaraglia, mayor Sala and president Capasa, also the United States ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta, the CEO of Kering Luca de Meo, the CEO of Dolce&Gabbana Alfonso Dolce, Frédéric Arnault of LVMH, Diego Della Valle of Tod's, the owner of Otb Renzo Rosso, Remo Ruffini of Moncler, the Global Editorial Director of Vogue Anna Wintour, the CEO of the Prada group Andrea Guerra, Gildo Zegna and Brunello Cucinelli.

"We greatly appreciate the closeness of the President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni to the Milan Fashion Week and to Made in Italy and, through her presence at the opening ceremony, the attention of the institutions towards a strategic industry for our country - comments Capasa - Italian fashion is a large industrial supply chain, appreciated throughout the world, which represents around 5% of the GDP and has around one million employees. At a time marked by strong economic and geopolitical transformations, feeling the closeness of the institutions is particularly important."